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(No Model.)

W. H. & W. GELY. BALING PRESS.

No. 247,304. TbyZPatented Sept. 20,1881. F o J WtWoesseg;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. OELY AND HAMILTON W. GELY, OF GREENVILLE, S. G.

BALING-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,304, datedSeptember 20, 1881.

Application filed March 15, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, W. H. OELY and H. W.GELY, citizens of the United States, residing at Greenville, in thecounty of Greenville and State of South Carolina, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses; and we do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to certain improvements in presses for compressingcotton, hay, or other like materials into bales; and it has for itsobject to provide an improved means for giving a proper lock-pressure tothe mate- 2o rial to be pressed; and the novelty consists in theconstruction and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully hereinafterset forth, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In carrying out the invention we employ any 2 ordinary standing frame,slotted to admit the oscillation of removable side pieces, havingconcaved ends to admit a linked chain, and bearing cleats for endplates. The platen is operated by arbitrary gear, and a revolving oshaft serves to employ a maximum of force in the pressure, whilerevolving shaft elevates the platen after the bale is bound. Suitablepulleys are provided, over which operate ropes and weights.

5 The invention consists, essentially, in the oscillating side platesand transvere cleats, the end pieces,and the linked chain, the wholeoperating in relation to a locking-lever and hook, for the purposes setforth.

0 To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, wewill describe the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, and in 5 which- Figure 1 is an end elevation, partiallyin section; and Fig. 2, a detail view, showing the relation of the sideplates, connectingchain, and locking-lever with the end plates andadjusting means, as will be more fully explained hereinafter.

Referring to the drawings, in-which similar. letters of referenceindicate like parts in all the figures, A represents the vertical frame,having the rack-wheel B, operated by the lever B, and pawls b to operatea cord, 0, passing over a pulley, 0, working in the hopper andcontrolling a platen, D, from which a cord, 6, operating over a pulley,E, and connected to a shaft, E, serves to retrieve the platen D at will.These parts are old and well known in devices of this kind, and no claimis made to invention therein.

The base A of the frame A is recessed to allow the oscillation of thesides" F, which are provided with eyes fand cleat bearings G for the endplates, G, the eyesf being on the ends of bolts which pass through theparts F, G,

and G, as shown, and secured by nutsg on the ends of the bolts, outsideof the plates G.

K indicates a chain, (one being at each end of the apparatus,) one endof which is connected with an eye,f, the other end, 8, being securedover the eye f on the opposite side plate, F, by means of an arm, h, ofa lever, H, said arm passing through eye f and a link or eye, s, of thechain, as shown, and said lever being held by a hook, h, secured to thechain. The chain may be adjusted to compensate for wear and spring ofthe links by means of nuts g.

From this description, in connection with the drawings, the operation isobvious.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is-

1. In a press, in combination with the side plates, F, provided witheyebolts, as shown, the chains K, levers H, having arms h, and the hooksh, substantially as set forth and described. 0

2. In a press apparatus, the side plates, F, having cleats G, incombination with the end plates, G, bolts having eyesfand nuts 9, thechains K, hooks h, and the levers H, with I arms h, substantially as setforth. In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence oftwo'witnesses.

WILLIAM H. OELY. HAMILTON W. OELY.

Witnesses:

W. A. WHARTON, J. W. STEWART.

